Studies of hydrate nucleation with high pressure differential scanning calorimetry

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 370-375

  Davies, Simon R ^a   Hester, Keith C ^b   Lachance, Jason W ^a   Koh, Carolyn A ^a   Dendy Sloan, E ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Energy; Flow assurance; Gas hydrate; Gases; Nucleation

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETRY; COOLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GASES; HYDRATION; LASER INTERFEROMETRY; METALLIC GLASS; METHANE; NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS; NUCLEATION; PIPELINES; SCANNING; XENON;

COOLING RATES; CURRENT MODELS; ENERGY; FLOW ASSURANCE; GAS PHASE; GUEST MOLECULES; HIGH PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRIES; HYDRATE FORMATIONS; HYDRATE NUCLEATIONS; ICE NUCLEATION TEMPERATURES; ISOTHERMAL EXPERIMENTS; NARROW TEMPERATURE RANGES; NUCLEATION TEMPERATURES; SUBCOOLING; SUBSEA PIPELINES; SYSTEM PRESSURES; TEMPERATURE RAMPING;

GAS HYDRATES;

EID: 57649208719     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2008.10.017     Document Type: Article

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